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Revisiting multifocal breast cancer: a clonality study of ductal carcinoma using whole exome sequencing.
Human pathology - 1 Dec 2019
Schwartz Christopher J, Dolgalev Igor, Vasudevaraja Varshini, Kelly Stephen, Heguy Adriana, Snuderl Matija, Cotzia Paolo, Jour George, Darvishian Farbod
Abstract excerpt
Multifocal breast cancer (MFBC), ductal type, has been hypothesized to arise by one of two mechanisms: either through intramammary/intralymphatic spread from a single index tumor (MBC-1), or as multiple independent tumors with each focus carrying its corresponding ductal carcinoma in-situ (MBC-2). In order to improve our understanding of MFBC pathogenesis, we employed laser capture microdissection coupled with...
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